Citizens for Justice and Peace
Why did Bihar police open fire on Kaimur Adivasis? Findings of report co-published by AIUFWP, CJP and DSG
26-Oct-2020
On October 23, Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M) and Vice President of Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch, released a fact-finding report on the firing on Adivasis by Bihar Police in Kaimur. The firing had taken place on September 11, when the Adivasis were holding a peaceful sit-in protest in Adhaura. The report co-published…
Fact-finding team’ alleges police brutality on tribals in Kaimur district of Bihar globalbihari.com
26-Oct-2020
New Delhi: Alleged firing by the Bihar police on peacefully protesting Adivasis in Adhaura Block, Kaimur District on September 11, 2019 had led a four-member team from New Delhi to conduct a detailed fact-finding around the incident. The fact-finding team consisted of Amir Sherwani Khan (All India Union of Forest Working People), Matadayal from (All…
Fact-finding report demands action against officials who fired on protesting Adivasis in Kaimur samachar-news.com
26-Oct-2020
The Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Friday presented a fact-finding report on the firing on the Kaimur Adivasis of Bihar, and demanded the prosecution of officials and dropping of false cases filed against the Adivasis. A press release by three non-governmental organisations alleged that the police…
बिहार में आदिवासियों पर गोली चली,झूठे केस दर्ज: फैक्ट-फाइंडिंग टीम The Quint - Hindi
26-Oct-2020
क्या है पूरा मामला? बिहार के कैमूर जिले के अधौरा ब्लॉक में 11 सितंबर को वन विभाग के ऑफिस में प्रदर्शन कर रहे आदिवासियों पर पुलिस ने गोली चलाई थी. चार सदस्यों की एक फैक्ट-फाइंडिंग टीम ने 23 से 27 सितंबर के बीच अधौरा में आदिवासी समुदाय के लोगों से बातचीत की और पूरे…
108 tribal villages to boycott Bihar polls over ‘police crackdown’ Indian Express
26-Oct-2020
The protests were led by Kaimur Mukti Morcha (KMM), which alleged that 25 activists from the area were arrested on false charges. The villagers accused the Forest Depertemt of forceful evictions and bulldozing of crops, despite a Supreme Court stay on evictions. (File/Representational)One hundred and eight tribal villages of the Kaimur plateau in Bihar, have…
AIUFWP, CJP, DSG organizes online press conference Siasat.com
26-Oct-2020
New Delhi: All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP), Citizens for Justice & Peace (CJP) and Delhi Solidarity Group (DSG) will organize online press conference on 23rd October 2020 at 3 p.m. Fact-Finding Report will be released by Ms Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M) and patron, AIDWA. Zoom link Zoom Link for the…
Judicial probe cry into firing on tribals The Telegraph
26-Oct-2020
Bihar police had reportedly fired at peaceful Adivasi protesters at Adhaura block, injured seven activists, lathicharged them and then picked them up on ‘trumped-up charges’ The All India Union of Forest Working People, Citizens for Justice & Peace and the Delhi Solidarity Group had sent a fact-finding team to probe the incident and the report…
Bihar Cops Open Fire on Kaimur Adivasis Demanding Forest Rights thecitizen.in
26-Oct-2020
When Suvash Singh – hailing from Kharwar Adivasi Community of Kaimur District in Bihar – helped in mobilising thousands of tribals on September 11, 2020 against the Forest Department officials, little did he know what lay ahead. Along with teaching Philosophy at a State College in Darbhanga, Suvash had been vociferously fighting for the Rights…
Police Fired on, Framed Adivasi Protestors in Bihar’s Kaimur: Fact-Finding Team The Wire
26-Oct-2020
Forest department officials at Adhaura block of Kaimur allegedly opened fire against the demonstarors on September 11 when they had tried to air their grievances over the violations of the Forest Rights Act. New Delhi: Civil society organisations have demanded a judicial enquiry into an incident of assault and police firing on Adivasi demonstrators in…
Fact-finding report demands action against officials who fired on protesting Adivasis in Kaimur Scroll.in
26-Oct-2020
A press release by three NGOs alleged that the police fired on peacefully protesting Adivasis in Kaimur district of Bihar on September 11, injuring seven. The Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Friday presented a fact-finding report on the firing on the Kaimur Adivasis of Bihar, and…